McPherson, William

Eyring, Nixon, Seaborg Evans, McPherson, Williams Cope, DTanni, Folkers Barker, Dudley, Johnson... 

Professor William McPherson, president of the American Chemical Society in 1930, said in his presidential address that he once asked a former student who had distinguished himself in the field of literature whether he had derived any benefit from his course in chemistry. The young gentleman replied that the idea that had helped most to frame his philosophy of life was the periodic law. He had been much confused by what seemed to him an entire absence of order in the universe ... 

For an excellent summary of the historiographical debate, see Philip Shaw Paludan, What Did the Winners Win The Social and Economic History of the North During the Civil War, in Writing the Civil War The Quest to Understand, eds. James M. McPherson and William J. Cooper Jr. (Columbia University of South Carolina Press, 1998), pp. 174-200. 

The number of general accounts of the Civil War is legion and, it would seem, growing daily. Of those, a few stand out. For years the classic treatment was James Ford Rhodes History of the United States from the Compromise of1850 to the Final Restoration of Home Rule at the South in 1877, 1 volumes (New York Macmillan, 1906-1907). For the present study, however, two titles have been especially helpful in giving much-needed context to the military and political events of the Civil War. They were Allan Nevins War for the Union, 4 volumes (1971 reprinted, New York Konecky and Konecky, 2000) and James M. McPherson s Battle Cry of Freedom The Civil War Era (New York Oxford University Press, 1988). Other helpful books have been Richard E. Beringer et al., the South Lost the Civil War (Athens The University of Georgia Press, 1986) Jay Winik, April 1865 The Month That Saved America (New York Perennial, 2001) and William C. Davis, Look Away A History of the Confederate States of America (New York The Free Press, 2002). 

Peer Reviewers Jonathan Carter William R, Corcoran Kenneth Daigle F. Russ Davis Tom Garvin Bill Green Dennis Hendershot John Herber Andrew Hopkins Christian Jochum Bert Knegtering William E. Lash Ian McPherson James P. Miller John Murphy Sheri Sammons Angela Summers Ian Travers Lee Valentine... 

McPherson, A., Koszelak, S., Axelrod, H., Day, J., Williams, R., Robinson, L., McGrath, M., and Cascio, D. 1986. An experiment regarding crystallization of soluble proteins in the presence of beta-octyl glucoside. J. Biol. Chem. 261 1969-1975. 

Lehmann, J., Hutchison, A.J., McPherson, S.E., Mondadori, C., Schmutz, M., Sinton, C.M., Tsai, C., Murphy, D.E., Steel, D.J., and Williams, M., CGS 19755, a selective and competitive A-methyl-o-aspartate-type excitatory amino acid receptor antagonist, J. Pharmacol. Exp. Ther, 246, 65, 1988. 

NARA, RG 175, Entry 8, Box 14, Brief Historical Sketch Concerning the Inception and Operation of the Stamford Plant of Edgewood Arsenal, enclosed in William McPherson, Report of the Director of Outside Plants, Historical Sketch , n.d. [early 1919]. 

Chaves AA, Keller WJ, O Sullivan S, Williams MA, Fitzgerald LE, McPherson HE, Goykhman D, Ward PD, Hoe CM, Mixson L, Briscoe RJ (2006). Cardiovascular monkey telemetry sensitivity to detect QT interval prolongation. J Pharmacol Toxicol Methods 54(2) 150-158. 

In addition to Crowell s account of CWS manufacturing activities in World War I, the author made use of two unpublished histories written shortly after the close of activities by former officers. These were Lt. Col. Edwin M. Chance s, History of Edgewood Plants and Lt. Col. William McPherson s, An Historical Sketch of the Development of Edgewood... 

Several personnel on the military side began the war with the research program, including such high-ranking officers as William Walker and William McPherson. 

McPherson, Report of the Director of Outside Plants, Enclosure 8 (Bound Brook), pp. 1-8, and attached enclosures, Notes on Process, (undated) William Walker to Hemingway, October 24, 1918 Hemingway to C. F. Long, May 17, 1918 Walker to Hemingway, May 23, 1918 W. R. Chappell, Bound Brook Plant, a review of technical difficulties over 1918, c. November 1918 Allotments and Disbursements, NARA, RG 175, entry 8, box 14. 

Much of this account about Dow s experience comes from a summary written by Dow officials. Statement of Situation at Midland, Michigan, Effecting [wc] the Production of Mustard Gas, c. fall 1918, DHC, folder 180013. Mustard gas is dichlorodiethyl sulfide or (CICH2CH2) 2S. Furnas, Rogers Industrial Chemistry (1942), 1 473. Despite the capacity, the plant s output was considerably less in June. William McPherson, Edgewood Arsenal, to Smith, May 31, 1918 Walker to Dow Chemical, July 25, 1918 Smith to William S. Rowland, American University Experiment Station, February 21, 1918 Rowland to Smith, February 25, 1918, DHC, folder 180002A. Also see Chemical Warfare Service, Report of Midland Section, Development Division, 1918. 

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